Heating device for motor-vehicles.



F. A. REICH.

HEAHNG Dfvlc FOR moms VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1,918.

Patented Apr. 8, l919.-

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Specification of Letters latent.

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Appncation meal/tpm 29, isis. serial No. 231,463.

To all fw hom t may concern Be it known that I, Fiano A. REICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at kosh in the county of Winnebago. and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and use ful lmprovenients in Heating Devices for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relateS to a device which When applied to ay motor vehicle will enable the exhaust from the engine to be employed to heat air supplied to the interior ''ii the vehicle by the device. f

The primary object of the invention is to provide a dev-iceof this the' air 'which is to'be' 'levee heat 'the vehicle may he. draw'. 0m the ntf/125,912- of the vehiclev and caused to, through a circuitous channel within a Casin in' which is arranged a receptacle for the'hot gases from the exhaust thus, insuring the proper heating of the air-before its` discharge into the vehicle.

A further object of the invention,V is: sa construct the casing through which the air is passed that the passagcofv the air in the casing may not only be controlled, but the air ma be forced within and through-the casing, ythe motion of the vehicle to. which the device, iS applied. With these. and other objects in View the invention resides in the ngvel combination and arrangement ai' parte which may be hereinafter described and claimed.

1n the drawngzy' Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the porton of a motor vehicle t@ which is shown applied' a heating device constructed in accordance with the invention and partly in section.

Fig, 2 1s a longitudinal the heater casing.

Fig. 3 a horizontal sectional Viewv oi;- the heater casing. l

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 isa detailed perspctiveview ot the heater casing. Y

' Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the various views in the drawing.

Referring nonr to the' drawing in detail, the lettci A designates a portion of the body of a motor vehicle upg. which iS: mount-.ed

a inuiler 11t The muffler 11 is connected with a short manifold 12 on sectional vi ew of character wherein,

are partitions 2r@ with 'ing an end spaced from an end wall of the .heater to provide the heater with a *cirprovidedv between its: ends with a Tcoupling 14 in which is mounted a valve 15.

Fixed to the floor of the motor vehicle A beneath an opening therein is a heater casa grating 17 disposed within the opening 1n the floor of thevehicle A. Extending longitudinally of the casing 16 andxed to the opposite side walls thereof are spaced plates 18. Each of the plates 18 has one of its ends spaced from an end wall of the 4ing 16 the top of which is partly closed by casing to provide upon opposite sides of a' heater 19` a circuitous channel 20.

-The heater 19 includes a casing which is spaced above the bottom of the casing 16 .and has connected therewith a pipe 21 which is connected with one of the branches of the T-coupling 14.l

Extending longitudinally of the heater 19 each partition haveuitous channel v23 through which the 'hot gases which enter the heater from the engine 10 are adaptedv to pass before entering a p1 mu 0111.1.

e 23 connected with the heate'rfand the the above .described manner of connetting the heater 19 with the exhaust manitold of the engine it will be apparent that through ,the operation of the valve 15 the hot gases from the engine may be caused to enter the heater at one end thereof and pass through the circuitous channel within the heater betere being discharged through the pipe 23 into the muiiler 11. In order that the heater 19 may coaot with the muier l1 in deadening the noise of the escaping gas from the engine 10 and also insure the thorough heating of the partitions 22 baiiie Plates: are` arranged at intervals in the vcirchitous channel ,in the heater 19.

The casing 16 is provided in its bottom with a central opening 26 through which air, vehicle A into a duct 25 secured to the bottom of ther casing 16, may enter the casing 16 and through the circuitous channels therein.'

Mounted to turn in the front of the duct are dampers 26 which may he adjusted which is forced by lthe motion of theA description tailen in lio motor vehicles has been Provided wherein a heater is provided with a .easing of novel construction.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is: l

A device ofthe class deserbed .comprising an outer cae ing having a perfm'ated OD and an opening in its bottom, a heater casing within said outer easing and spaced therefrom, horizontal plates in said buter casing on both sides of the heater easing and QrH-f ing a circuitous channel therein, vertical plates 1n the heater caslng forming a c1rcuitous channel `therein, pipes for connecting the opposite ends of said heater casing 15 Intestilnony whereof I aiix my signature. 20

FRED A. REICH. 

